First Battle of Porto

Name: First Battle of Porto
Start: 1809-03-28

28 Mar 1809 · 41.15° N, 8.61° W

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When: 28 Mar 1809
Kind: Battle
Coordinates: 41.15° N, 8.61° W
Description: 1809 battle during the Peninsular War

First Battle of Porto

1809 battle during the Peninsular War

In the First Battle of Porto the French under Marshal Soult defeated the Portuguese, under General Parreiras, outside the city of Porto during the Peninsular War. Soult followed up his success by storming the city, in the course of which thousands of fleeing citizens drowned in the Porto Boat Bridge disaster.

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Peninsular War2 May 1808 · War of independence

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